[Bf-docboard] Blender on Linux
Bart Veldhuizen
bf-docboard@blender.org
28 Dec 2002 12:17:21 +0100
Hi Dave,
I agree. The cause for this is that we're still waiting for a stable
autoconf version of Blender. Once that is ready, installing Blender will
be as easy as running ./configure, make and make install. I'm not
familiar with the current installation process (it seems to change quite
often) so I can't judge if we should add your notes to the current
Manual that this group is working on.
What do you think guys? If we do add it, who will volunteer to verify
these steps and convert them to DocBook?
Bart
On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 23:50, Dave Jarvis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> After 1 hour and 30 minutes I'm finally stumped. The installation
> instructions for compiling Blender (on Linux) are, if you'll excuse my
> language, piss-poor at best. I must tell you I've been fighting with
> installing a 3D Modelling and Rendering environment since Dec. 24th. I
> wrote the original Linux 3D Modelling and Rendering HOWTO and am
> currently trying to:
>
> i) update it to use modern software
> ii) play with 3D rendering for my own amusement
>
> Please find attached the documentation I've put together on how to
> compile and install Blender on Linux, from CVS. The instructions
> attached are NOT complete. Please note the following critiques:
>
> 1) ODE
> make ode-test - Fails
> make drawstuff-test - Fails
>
> 2) Fmod
> Installation instructions were not readily found. I tried to wing it,
> but there's no guarantee the correct files were moved into the correct
> directories. No instructions were in the Blender README.
>
> 3) NSPR
> Installation instructions were not readily found. I didn't even bother
> trying to move them into the standard library and include directories as
> I was planning on setting those up with the configure installation
> script. No instructions were in the Blender README.
>
> 4) Blender
>
> a) Installation instructions for Linux were found BURIED in a one-liner
> sentence in a FORUM message. It said "use cvs01". That was NOT in the
> least way obvious especially when there is a "Download" link which is
> absolutely meaningless with respect to downloading source or Linux binaries.
>
> b) There were TWO different CVS repositories available. Woe onto the
> person who doesn't know which one to use. There is nothing on that page
> which remotely HINTS as to whichi repository contains what information,
> how they differ, and so forth. Originally, I started to download the
> FIRST one before I rememberd that little "01" at the end of the original
> poster's message.
>
> c) Even after doing all this, I ran ./bootstrap (even though this step
> is NOT documented) in order to create the configuration file. This
> failed producing the following cascade of errors:
>
> # ./bootstrap
> Running aclocal ...
> aclocal: configure.ac: 165: macro `AM_PATH_PYTHON' not found in library
> Running automake --gnu --add-missing...
> aclocal.m4: 4485: `automake requires `AM_CONFIG_HEADER', not
> `AC_CONFIG_HEADER'
> Makefile.am:3: BlenderGAME does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> Makefile.am:11: BlenderPLUGIN does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> configure.ac: 4485: required file `./[config.h].in' not found
> configure.ac: 4485: required file `./$@)].in' not found
> automake: Makefile.am: warning: automake does not support
> libbrowserplugin_la_LDFLAGS being defined conditionally
> intern/ghost/Makefile.am:27: warning: automake does not support
> conditional definition of BUILDPS in libblender_GHOST_la_SOURCES
> intern/ghost/Makefile.am:27: warning: automake does not support
> conditional definition of BUILDPS in libblender_GHOST_la_SOURCES
> intern/ghost/Makefile.am:27: warning: automake does not support
> conditional definition of BUILDPS in libblender_GHOST_la_SOURCES
> intern/ghost/Makefile.am:27: warning: automake does not support
> conditional definition of BUILDPS in libblender_GHOST_la_SOURCES
> intern/ghost/Makefile.am:27: warning: automake does not support
> conditional definition of BUILDPS in libblender_GHOST_la_SOURCES
> source/gameengine/GamePlayer/Makefile.am:9: BlenderPLUGIN does not
> appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> source/gameengine/SoundSystem/Makefile.am:3: BlenderFMOD does not appear
> in AM_CONDITIONAL
> source/gameengine/SoundSystem/Makefile.am:9: BlenderOPENAL does not
> appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> source/gameengine/Makefile.am:1: BlenderGAME does not appear in
> AM_CONDITIONAL
> source/Makefile.am:1: BlenderGAME does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> source/Makefile.am:11: BlenderPLUGIN does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
> Running autoconf ...
> autoconf: configure.in: No such file or directory
>
>
> Christ, folks, I've been doing software development for 21 years and
> been using Linux for over ten. Please make a simple, terse, and
> COMPLETE "compilation and installation" HOWTO without presuming your
> reader knows anything other than how to type in commands and edit files.
> For the record, I've been doing Java development these last several
> years, so I am not up on the current "autoconf" technologies, typical
> CVS usage, or manual C library/include installs.
>
> Basically, someone out there has the knowledge of exactly what to type,
> exactly what to edit, to get Blenderman up and running. This should be
> documented in the style of the text file I've attached.
>
> Sorry for ranting, and please don't take any of this personally. I'm
> sure Blenderman is a wonderful product and I look forward to using it
> once there is sufficient documentation available for me to compile and
> install.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Dave Jarvis
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Text surrounded in square brackets ([[ ]]) indicates an interactive prompt,
> or instructions. These are not to be typed.
>
> 1) Blender CVS
>
> Homepage: http://www.blender.org
> Download: CVS
>
> cd /usr/local/src
> export CVSROOT=:pserver:anonymous@cvs.blender.org:/cvs01
> cvs login
> [[ CVS password: ]] anonymous
> cvs co blender
>
> 2) Python eGenix Extension v2.2.1
>
> Homepage: http://www.egenix.com/
> Download: http://www.egenix.com/files/python/eGenix-mx-Extensions.html#Download-mxBASE
> Filename: egenix-mx-base-2.0.4-py2.2_1.i386.rpm
>
> rpm -ivh /data/graphics/3d/egenix-mx-base-2.0.4-py2.2_1.i386.rpm
>
> 3) Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) v0.03
>
> Homepage: http://www.q12.org/ode/ode.html
> Download: http://q12.org/ode/release/ode-0.03.tgz
> Filename: ode-0.03.tgz
>
> cd /usr/local/src
> tar zxf /data/graphics/3d/ode-0.03.tgz
> cd ode-0.03
>
> [[ Edit config/user-settings and make PLATFORM=unix-gcc ]]
>
> make configure
> make ode-lib
> make drawstuff-lib
> cp -R include/ode /usr/local/include
> cp lib/libode.a /usr/local/lib/libode.a
>
> 4) Open AL
>
> Homepage: http://www.openal.org/home/
> Download: http://www.openal.org/downloads/
> Filename: CVS
>
> cd /usr/local/src
> cvs -d:pserver:guest@opensource.creative.com:/usr/local/cvs-repository login
> [[ CVS password: ]] guest
> cvs -d:pserver:guest@opensource.creative.com:/usr/local/cvs-repository co openal
>
> cd openal/linux
> sh ./autogen.sh
> ./configure --enable-prefix=/usr/local
> make && make install
>
> 5) Fmod
>
> Homepage: http://www.fmod.org
> Download: http://www.fmod.org/fmoddownload.html
> Filename: fmodapi361linux.tar.gz
>
> cd /usr/local/src
> tar zxf /data/graphics/3d/fmodapi361linux.tar.gz
> cd fmodapi361linux
> cp api/inc/*.h /usr/local/include
> cp api/libfmod-3.61.so /usr/local/lib
> ldconfig
>
> 6) NSPR
>
> Homepage: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/nspr/releases
> Download: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/nspr/releases/v4.2.2/Linux2.4_x86_glibc_PTH_OPT.OBJ
> Filename: nspr-4.2.2.tar.gz
>
> cd /usr/local/src
> tar zxf /data/graphics/3d/nspr-4.2.2.tar.gz
>
> 7) Compile Blender
>
> cd ../blender
> ./bootstrap
--
Bart Veldhuizen <bart@vrotvrot.com>